I am weak, but You are strong
Lord Jesus,
I hear Your words, "Follow Me" as if You're calling me for the first time. Rabbi, teach me what it means to take Your yolk upon myself. Show me how to die with You to this world, that I might rise with You to Your Kingdom. So often I don't even feel like I have the strength to believe in You, but I know You've always been the One believing in me. You've chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. You've chosen the weak to lead the strong.
If anyone was ever weak, if anyone was ever broken, and if anyone was ever lost, it's me. I have fallen short in almost every way I can think of...even as I claim to follow You. But I know that I can come as I am to know You as You are. And I know that I am loved by You with everlasting love.
Lord, though I am so lowly, be lifted high in my life! Let me not be preoccupied by what I can do for You, but confident of what You can do in me. Christ in me, the hope glory. I can do nothing in my own ability, but I can accomplish all things through He who strengthens me.
My weakness will magnify Your strength. My unworthiness will display Your glory. My need will testify to Your sufficiency. My foolishness will speak of Your wisdom. My darkness will affirm Your light. And my humanity will declare Your divinity!
Oh, how Your truth sets me free! How long did legalism enslave me? I thought I could be good enough to live a life worthy of You. I thought I could work hard enough for Your acceptance, yet all You ask is that I come as I am. For You have come as You are to call me as I am, and in this divine invitation to follow You is Your glory. Because in this broken clay pot, eternal worth and power and majesty are displayed so that all will see that it is of You and not of me!
I hear Your words, "Follow Me" as if You're calling me for the first time. Rabbi, teach me what it means to take Your yolk upon myself. Show me how to die with You to this world, that I might rise with You to Your Kingdom. So often I don't even feel like I have the strength to believe in You, but I know You've always been the One believing in me. You've chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. You've chosen the weak to lead the strong.
If anyone was ever weak, if anyone was ever broken, and if anyone was ever lost, it's me. I have fallen short in almost every way I can think of...even as I claim to follow You. But I know that I can come as I am to know You as You are. And I know that I am loved by You with everlasting love.
Lord, though I am so lowly, be lifted high in my life! Let me not be preoccupied by what I can do for You, but confident of what You can do in me. Christ in me, the hope glory. I can do nothing in my own ability, but I can accomplish all things through He who strengthens me.
My weakness will magnify Your strength. My unworthiness will display Your glory. My need will testify to Your sufficiency. My foolishness will speak of Your wisdom. My darkness will affirm Your light. And my humanity will declare Your divinity!
Oh, how Your truth sets me free! How long did legalism enslave me? I thought I could be good enough to live a life worthy of You. I thought I could work hard enough for Your acceptance, yet all You ask is that I come as I am. For You have come as You are to call me as I am, and in this divine invitation to follow You is Your glory. Because in this broken clay pot, eternal worth and power and majesty are displayed so that all will see that it is of You and not of me!